Tamino Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) Hello everybody, Some time ago I considered selling my speakers because we decided to move to Europe, and later several insightful advices from the members of this forum convinced me to take the speakers with me. Since then we have moved and found a new place to leave. Right now we are preparing to ship the speakers from the U.S.A. to Europe. Here is my question: We decided to ship more stuff than just the speakers, and are ordering a container to be shipped. Now we are having a quite unexpected complication, minor but somewhat annoying. It is very hard to find an insurance company that would cover our stuff. They all agree to sell insurance only if we hire one of the big companies for packing our container, and we plan to hire a small local company for that job. Apparently, from the point of view of insurance companies this is "self-packed", and for some metaphysical reasons they seem to have problem with that.Can somebody recommend an insurance company that would cover sending a "self-packed" container with relatively valuable content (a pair of Klipschorns being the most valuable single item) from the U.S.A. to Europe? We do not care whether the company is based in the U.S.A. or in Europe.Thank you! P.S. As my question is closely "sale-related", I hope that opening this topic in "Garage Sale" is not an abuse! Edited October 24, 2013 by Tamino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiFi Heaven Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Hello Tamino - I shipped 2 K-Horns to Tokyo, Japan 2 years ago, without a scratch! Freight Dynamics in Minneapolis picked them up, crated in plywood and insured them, shipped FedEx Air, for less than an air-only quote from several carriers. Two years before that, I shipped two JBL S1's to Khazakhstan - again, no issues. PM for details, glad to help. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamino Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Hi, Thank you for your response. I have also crated the speakers, and those plywood boxes shall be carefully packed in our container, so I hope everything will work fine for us also. We will see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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